Finding New Life When You've Lost Yourself | Episode 2 | A New Life Community Podcaast

Welcome back to the New Life Community Podcast!

In this episode, host Nolan Crooks and Pastor Ron Brown, Executive Director of Teen Challenge of Southern California, unpack Chapter 1 of the New Life Community curriculum: Finding New Life When You’ve Lost Yourself.

🌱 Key Themes We Explore Together:

✅ What does it truly mean to find new life in Christ when you’ve lost yourself in addiction and brokenness?

✅ Why your true identity in Christ is the foundation for lasting freedom.

✅ How to break free not just from substances, but also from shame, bitterness, and the old labels that chain you to the past.

✅ The power of forgiveness — forgiving others, receiving forgiveness, and learning to forgive yourself.

✅ How your brokenness is not your disqualification — it’s an invitation to intimacy with the Father.

💬 Key Questions to Ponder This Week:

Who or what have you allowed to define your identity?

Have you accepted that Jesus came looking for you, even when you felt unworthy?

What labels from your past do you need to lay down today?

Is there bitterness or self-loathing you need to surrender so you can walk freely as God’s child?

How could your brokenness become a place where God’s glory shines through you to others?

📖 Powerful Quotes from This Episode:

“When I thought I lost me, He knew where I left me — and He reintroduced me to His love.”

“Addiction robs you of your humanity and traps you in guilt and shame — but Jesus paid it all, and cleared the debt so you can live free.”

“If you believe you’re an addict, you’ll act like an addict. But if you believe you’re a child of God, freedom follows.”

“Self-loathing is the enemy of freedom. Magnify God more than your mistakes, and watch chains break.”

“Brokenness is an invitation for God’s glory to flood in and flow out — just like the alabaster box poured out its fragrance when broken.”

“God places the lonely in families — that’s what New Life Community is: your spiritual family for this journey.”

“Bless the Lord, O my soul… He redeems your life from destruction!” (Psalm 103)

📖 Key Scriptures:

“It was for freedom that Christ has set us free…” (Galatians 5:1)

“As a man believes in his heart, so is he…” (Proverbs 23:7)

“Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits… who redeems your life from destruction…”

(Psalm 103:2–4) “God places the solitary in families…” (Psalm 68:6)

🌍 Ready to Go Deeper

➡️ Visit newlifetc.org to:

✅ Download the New Life Community curriculum FREE

✅ Watch real stories of freedom and redemption

✅ Find practical tools and resources to start a group in your church or community

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